After ruling last month that the six Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Grayshould be tried separately, a judge is slated to decide Tuesday which cop will go to trial first, according to the Washington Post.

Baltimore Judge Barry G. Williams will meet with lawyers Tuesday afternoon to schedule the trials for the six officers charged “in the arrest and transport of Freddie Gray,” writes the Post.

While scheduling hearings are typically routine matters, Tuesday’s hearing in the high-profile case is significant for many reasons. There is the logistics of getting six fair and speedy trials on the calendar while giving attorneys time to slog through thousands of pieces of discovery material. The trial schedule will be important for city police, who have been preparing for the threat of more civil unrest if the officers are acquitted. And trial strategy will come into play as attorneys determine which officer should head to court first.

“If I’m a state’s attorney, I’m going to try my strongest case first,” said Jason Ott, a criminal defense attorney in Baltimore who is not involved with the case. “I’d do that to gain momentum, to keep the city peaceful and, most importantly, to set the tone.”

The officers were charged in Gray’s death on April 19. Gray, 25, suffered a severe neck injury while riding unrestrained in the back of a police van, prosecutors say. His death sparked days of unrest over police violence in Black communities, leading the mayor to initiate a citywide curfew and the governor to call in the National Guard.